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Warren Vale Closing – Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers
South Yorkshire Times, March 20, 1943
Warren Vale Closing
Manvers and Kilnhurst Taking Workers
The Warren Vale Collier between Swinton and Rawmarsh is to close on Saturday...
“Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944
“Salute Week” Plaques for Swinton and Kilnhurst
Plaques to commemorate the success of “Salute the Soldier” Week were received on...
Cadet Week at Swinton – Over £50 Already Raised
South Yorkshire Times, November 11th 1944
Swinton Army Cadet Corps Wall Scale
A wall-scaling demonstration by members of the Swinton Army Cadet Corps, given as part...
Editorial – Election in the Air
South Yorkshire Times, November 4th 1944
Election in the Air
Since it seems that sooner or later we must resign ourselves to a resumption of the...
Marconigrams, October 28th, 1944
South Yorkshire Times, October 28th 1944
Marconigrams
Wath Main Colliery Co. have declared an interim dividend of 3%.
In order to obtain funds for recreational and social...
Editorial – Root and Branch
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944
Root and Branch
If Hitler and Himmler have their way the war will go on for a good deal yet,...
Father Christmas by Helicopter !
South Yorkshire Times, September 5, 1970
Father Christmas by Helicopter !
Eyes skyward as the helicopter carrying Father Christmas comes into sight at Kilnhurst Welfare ground...
Airman – Sarjantson, John William – Missing At Arnhem
South Yorkshire Times, October 21st 1944
Missing At Arnhem
Staff-Sgt. Glider Pilot John William Sarjantson (21) has been reported missing following the airborne landing at Arnhem,...
Editorial – “White Paper” On Peace
South Yorkshire Times, October 14th 1944
“White Paper” On Peace
A White Paper on international security. That description seems to fit the report on the Dumbarton...
Nursing Success
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
Nursing Success
Nurse Nellie Doris Godfrey, third daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Godfrey, 14, Beighton Road, Kilnhurst, recently passed...
Editorial – A Winter Campaign?
South Yorkshire Times, October 7th 1944
A Winter Campaign?
With Christmas less than three months away and the Germans still hanging on grimly to their frontier...
The Great Blizzard
South Yorkshire Times March 3, 1933
The Great Blizzard
The severest snowstorm in living memory broke over South Yorkshire on Friday afternoon and continued without intermission...
Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 March 1893
Accident at Thrybergh Hall
Inquest at Conisborough.
On Monday, at the Station Hotel, Conisborough, Mr. P. E....
Editorial – A Great Step Forward
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944
A Great Step Forward
Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...
Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944
The Fight for the Rhine
Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...
Sailor- Fearn, Lawrence – Letter From Monty
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd, 1944
Letter From Monty
Miss Vera Fearn, “Rookwood,” Rockingham Road, Swinton, has received letters from General Montgomery and General Alexander thanking...
Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
The Nazi Struggle for Survival
Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...
Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
The Nazi Struggle for Survival
Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...
Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
Hit By Huge Stone
Swinton Collier Killed
While working in the Silkstone seam in the number three pit at Manvers Main...
Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
Sparring For the Knock-Out
Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...
Soldier – Hill, Ronald – Wounded in Burma
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
Wounded in Burma
L/Cpl. Ronald Hill (20), only son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Hill of 27, Cromwell Road, Mexborough,...
Editorial – How Long?
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944
How Long?
Allied armies are now deploying on the battlefields of the last war. Names rendered familiar by the swaying...
Footballer Signs
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944
Footballer Signs
Dick Woffinden, of Kilnhurst, the well-known local player, who was recently given his release by Barnsley F.C. has...
Soldier – Hinchliffe, Harry – Broadcasts with Army Service
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944
Broadcasts with Army Service
A Kilnhurst man is one of the members of the staff of the Army Broadcasting Service,...